Bottle holder



Jan. 15, 1924. 1,480,921

w. WEINMANN BOTTLE HOLDER Filed April 30, 1923 &11201571030 PatentedJan. 15, 1924.

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WILLIAM WEINMANN, OF PREAKNESS, NEW JEESEY, ASSIGNOE OF ON-HALF 'DOBENJAMIN BOONSTBA, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

BOTTLE HOLDER.

Application filed April 30, 1923.

T 0 aZZ 'whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM WEINMANN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Preakness, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle Holders; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention rel'ates to holders or carriers for milk bottles or otherarticles which are divided by partition members into a plurality ofcompartments for the separate bottles or the like, the object being toprovide an extremely simple and ineXpensive spring device forassociation with the partition members to yieldably hold the bottles orother articles in place, preventing accidental removal and breakage.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subjectmatter hereinafter described and claimed, thedescription beingsupplemented by the accompanying drawing.

Figure 1 is a sectional view of a bottle carrier constructed inaccordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a. fragmentary top plan view.

Figures 3 and 4 are perspective views of the two forms of springs whichare used.

In the drawings above briefiy described, the numeral l designates a wellknown form of milk bottle carrier which is divided by crossecl wires 2or other partition members, into a plurality of separate compartmentsfor the bottles. It has been found that the bottles are liable to beShaken ont of the compartments and broken, when traveling over roughroadways, but my invention overcomes this difiiculty.

If both an upper and a lower set of the wires 2 are provided, at leastthe upper set and if desired, both sets, are equipped with arched metalsprings 3 whose crowns &straddle the portions of the wires at the sidesof the several compartments and may be secured thereto in any manner,for instance by soldering. The arms 5 of each spring 3 divergedownwardly and are preferably curved longitudinally in the manner shown,so that when the bottles are inserted into the compartments, said armswill be placed under tension and will consequently' yield Serial No.635313.

ably hold said battles in place and will prevent accidental removal orbreakage thereof. It is to be noted that by curving the arms in thismanner, the intermediate portions thereof will be in Closer spacedrelation than the end portions of the arch. Consequently, when the clipis engaged with the wire partitions, these closely spaced portions ofthe arms will snap over the wires and serve to maintain the clips inproper position. Preferably, although not necessarily, the free ends ofthe arms 5 are formed 'with central notches 6 which so engage thebottles as to prevent the arms 5 from having any tendency to slipedgewise.

The four sdes of the carrier 1 are preferably provided with additionalsprings 7 to yieldably engage the bottles.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing,it will be seen that an extremely simple and inexpensive Constructionhas been provided for carrying out the object of the invention and itwill be understood that while I have illustrated a milk bottle carrierembodying my improvements, the invention is not restricted to thisparticular field of use.

I claim:

l. The combination with an article carrier having partition membersdividing its interior into a plurality of compartments; of archedsprings straddling said partition members and each having its two armsdisposed in diverging relation whereby 'insertion of articles into thecompartments will place said arms under tension to yieldably hold sucharticles.

2. A structure as specified in claim l, in which said partition membersare formed by horizontal wires received in the crown portions of thesprings.

3. An article of manufacture comprising an arched spring clip havingdownwardly converging arms adapted to straddle a partition member in anarticle-carrier and to yieldably engage articles at opposite sides ofsaid member to maintain the latter in place, said armsbeing curvedlongitudinally to dispose their intermediate portions in close spacedrelation, whereby said portions will snap over and hold the clip on saidpartition member.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed 'my signature.

WILLIAM WEINMANN

